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packsacks

packsacks is the plural of packsack.

Meaning of packsack

Noun

packsack (plural packsacks)

  1. (US) A backpack, knapsack, rucksack or similar bag packed with provisions or personal items, especially as carried by a traveller or a hiker, and often slung over the shoulder.
    • The boy has a little packsack, in which he can carry twenty-five pounds for a short portage.1899 November 19, “Deer Hunting in Minnesota”, in New York Times, page 12

Questions about packsacks

What is packsacks the plural of?
Packsacks is the plural of packsack.

Words near packsacks in the dictionary

  1. packs one's bags
  2. packs out
  3. packs shit
  4. packs up
  5. packsack
  6. packsacks
  7. packsaddle
  8. packsaddles
  9. packsheet
  10. packsheets
  11. packshot

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